Chondrolepis leggei

Chondrolepis leggei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Chondrolepis
Species:
C. leggei
Binomial name
Chondrolepis leggei
(Heron, 1909)[1]
Synonyms
  • Chioneigia leggei Heron, 1909

Chondrolepis leggei is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and western Kenya.[2] It was first described by Francis Arthur Heron in 1909 and originally named Chioneigia leggei.[3] It is named in honour of Gerald Legge, a participant of the British Museum Ruwenzori expedition 1905-1906.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Chondrolepis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae
  3. ^ a b Heron, F A (1909). "Zoological results of the Ruwenzori Expedition 1905-1906. Ruwenzori Expedition Reports 12. Lepidoptera Rhopalocera". Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 19: 141––178. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1909.tb08564.x – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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